Route pics

[AirDancer]

I didn't know NJ still had full service. (Been way to long since I was out that direction by car)

Oregon was such a joy to vacation ...full service was a welcome bonus!

 

[jasonc]

I didn't know NJ still had full service. (Been way to long since I was out that direction by car)

Oregon was such a joy to vacation ...full service was a welcome bonus!

Both still do

 

[AirDancer]

Both still do

That's good to know!

 

[jasonc]

The original use fir mjm car wash .this was a restaurant. 1940View attachment 8633

The curve near this is now very sharp,in 1940 it wasn't then.it was a sharp right but nothing like today.

 

[AirDancer]

Is the area so congested that an easier curve couldn't be designed?

 

[jasonc]

Is the area so congested that an easier curve couldn't be designed?

Ah the story of while that curve is has nothing much to do with cars.but simply the way henry gifford blazed the trail to ft pierce ftom Sebastian in the 1890s.I'm thinking the curve was only because of the least amount of clearing.us1 ,dixie hwy came much later and was built over that trail of white sand.
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/viking.html

Image of the white Sandy trail is in that link.viking ,fl is not far from me.

 

[AirDancer]

As long as there was foresight in the planning, all is good then.

 

[jasonc]

As long as there was foresight in the planning, all is good then.

It was sharper then.not as much.I will dig up the ww2 photo of this area and show it from then and now in series.

 

[AirDancer]

I like comparison photos ... the before & after!

 

[jasonc]

I like comparison photos ... the before & after!

You have seen this area before and after.oh the creek that was made Main relief canal.I found it in a topo.it's where I said it was.

 

[AirDancer]

You have seen this area before and after.oh the creek that was made Main relief canal.I found it in a topo.it's where I said it was.

I thought about that after I posted. Yes, I have seen the before & after photos, and found them fascinating as I recall.

 

[jasonc]

I thought about that after I posted. Yes, I have seen the before & after photos, and found them fascinating as I recall.

Yes ,I don't think I pointed the curve there by it.

 

[AirDancer]

I think you did. At least I recall the curve. I'd almost say we talked about it as well.

 

[AirDancer]

Back I really don't think I want to go through the earlier 119 pages to find where we talked about it!

 

[jasonc]

Back I really don't think I want to go through the earlier 119 pages to find where we talked about it!

Lol

 

[AirDancer]

Can you believe your thread has now reached 120 pages?!? Amazing!

 

[jasonc]

Can you believe your thread has now reached 120 pages?!? Amazing!

I know.it helps that I posted a ton of photos.lol

 

[AirDancer]

I know.it helps that I posted a ton of photos.lol

Well, you know, having a title such as "Route Pics," one would rather expect to see some pictures!

 

[jasonc]

View attachment 8648 View attachment 8649 View attachment 8650

 

[jasonc]

The barn,which is viewed from the south and I zoomed in ,is on the lot with home with the two green barns.I will post a topo of several things.this home being easily found on it with contour lines.the homes are dated about the same time and are built but no longer oneed by the Helseth family. Go back a page and read up on Helseth.that is the same family thar started viking and Oslo.I will also mention Crawford's cove.that is the from the original name for Oslo.Crawford's point.in the 43 topo I could make out these homes and at the doc at the east end of Oslo rd.it appears logs were being loaded unto a barge.that or a doc was being built.